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underframes

underframes is the plural of underframe.

Meaning of underframe

Noun

underframe (plural underframes)

  1. The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
    • The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781

Questions about underframes

What is underframes the plural of?
Underframes is the plural of underframe.

Words near underframes in the dictionary

  1. underfortifying
  2. underfoud
  3. underfouds
  4. underframe
  5. underframed
  6. underframes
  7. underframework
  8. underframing
  9. underframings
  10. underfreight
  11. underfreighted

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